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50 free 2010s NFL trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This 2010s NFL trivia quiz covers the whole decade, from the Saints' surprise onside kick in Super Bowl XLIV to Patrick Mahomes' comeback in Super Bowl LIV. Every championship game in between is here: the Packers' sixth-seed run, the 9-7 Giants, the Har-Bowl blackout, Seattle's 43-8 rout, Malcolm Butler's interception, Peyton Manning's last ride, 28-3, the Philly Special, and the 13-3 game. Alongside the big games are the plays and controversies that defined the era: the Beast Quake, the Fail Mary and the replacement referees, the Butt Fumble, Tebowmania, the Minneapolis Miracle, the Miami Miracle, Bountygate, Deflategate, Ray Rice, Colin Kaepernick's protest, the Rams and Chargers moving to Los Angeles and Andrew Luck's shock retirement. Record-setters like Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson and the 55-touchdown Peyton Manning get their questions too. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the games, players and seasons, and each question quotes the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01Which team opened the decade by upsetting the Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010?
New Orleans Saints
It was the first major pro championship for a New Orleans team, and Drew Brees was MVP.
Q 02What surprise play did the Saints open the second half of Super Bowl XLIV with?
An onside kick
An onside kick: the 'Ambush' call had Thomas Morstead kick short, Chris Reis recovered in a pile-up, and the Saints drove for a touchdown to take their first lead of the game.
Q 03The 2010 Packers became the first team to reach the Super Bowl as what?
An NFC sixth seed
An NFC sixth seed: at 10-6 they were the conference's last qualifier, won every playoff game on the road, then beat Pittsburgh 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV, with Aaron Rodgers named MVP.
Q 04What regular-season record did the 2011 Giants post before winning Super Bowl XLVI?
9–7
9–7: the Giants scraped into the playoffs by winning the NFC East, then beat the 13-3 Patriots 21-17 on Ahmad Bradshaw's late touchdown, a rematch of Super Bowl XLII.
Q 05The Ravens–49ers championship game of February 2013 was nicknamed what, after its coaches?
The Har-Bowl
The Har-Bowl: John Harbaugh's Ravens beat brother Jim's team 34-31 in the first Super Bowl to pit brothers as head coaches; a 34-minute power outage also earned it the name 'Blackout Bowl'.
Q 06How long was Jacoby Jones's record kickoff-return touchdown to open the second half of Super Bowl XLVII?
108 yards
108 yards: Jones fielded the kickoff deep in his own end zone and went the distance, then the longest play in Super Bowl history; minutes later the Superdome lights went out for 34 minutes.
Q 07By what score did the Seahawks crush the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII?
43–8
43–8: Seattle scored 12 seconds in on a safety from a snap sailing over Peyton Manning's head, the fastest score in Super Bowl history, and led 36-0 before allowing a point.
Q 08Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium was the first played where?
Outdoors in a cold-weather city
Outdoors in a cold-weather city: MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was the first open-air, cold-weather venue awarded a Super Bowl; the game-time temperature turned out to be a mild 49°F.
Q 09Which Patriots cornerback intercepted Russell Wilson at the goal line to win Super Bowl XLIX?
Malcolm Butler
Malcolm Butler: the undrafted rookie jumped Ricardo Lockette's slant at the goal line with 20 seconds left, after Seattle chose to throw from the 1 rather than hand to Marshawn Lynch.
Q 10Which Broncos linebacker was MVP of Super Bowl 50, Peyton Manning's final game?
Von Miller
Von Miller: he had 2.5 sacks and forced two fumbles that set up both of his team's touchdowns, as the defense sacked Cam Newton seven times in a 24-10 win; the NFL dropped Roman numerals for that game.
Q 11From what deficit did the Patriots come back to beat the Falcons in Super Bowl LI?
28–3
28–3: trailing 28-3 midway through the third quarter, the Patriots scored 25 unanswered points and won 34-28 in the first Super Bowl ever to go to overtime.
Q 12Which Patriots running back set Super Bowl records with 14 receptions and 20 points in Super Bowl LI?
James White
James White: his 14 catches and 20 points (one receiving touchdown, two rushing touchdowns and a two-point run) were both Super Bowl records, and his 2-yard run ended the game in overtime.
Q 13The Patriots' 13-3 win in February 2019 set what Super Bowl record?
Lowest-scoring championship game ever
Q 21Which Vikings receiver caught the 61-yard walk-off 'Minneapolis Miracle' touchdown in 2018?
Stefon Diggs
Stefon Diggs: with 10 seconds left and no timeouts, Case Keenum found Diggs on the sideline, safety Marcus Williams whiffed, and Diggs ran in as time expired for a 29-24 win.
Q 22Which Dolphins running back scored on the multi-lateral 'Miracle in Miami' in 2018?
Kenyan Drake
Ryan Tannehill hit Stills, who lateraled to Parker, who lateraled to Drake, who ran past a badly positioned Rob Gronkowski.
Q 23Which kicker's 64-yard field goal in December 2013 broke the NFL distance record?
Matt Prater
Lowest-scoring championship game ever: just 16 total points, with Sony Michel's 2-yard run the only touchdown; the losers became only the second Super Bowl team never to reach the end zone.
Q 14How old was Sean McVay, then the youngest Super Bowl head coach, at Super Bowl LIII?
33
33: born in January 1986, McVay was 33 when he lost Super Bowl LIII to 66-year-old Bill Belichick, who was winning his sixth title as a head coach.
Q 15Whom did the Chiefs beat in Super Bowl LIV for their first title in 50 years?
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers: Kansas City trailed the 49ers 20-10 entering the fourth quarter and scored 21 unanswered points to win 31-20, with Patrick Mahomes named MVP.
Q 16'Deflategate' arose from the Patriots' win over which team in the AFC Championship Game of January 2015?
Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Colts: the 45-7 AFC title win over the Colts on January 18, 2015 triggered the under-inflated-ball investigation; the team was fined $1 million and forfeited two draft picks.
Q 17How many games was Tom Brady ultimately suspended for over Deflategate?
Four
Four: Judge Richard Berman voided the four-game ban in September 2015, but the Second Circuit reinstated it in April 2016 and he sat out the first four games of that season.
Q 18Which head coach was suspended for the entire 2012 season over the Saints' 'Bountygate' scandal?
Sean Payton
Sean Payton: he became the first head coach the NFL had ever suspended, sitting out all of 2012 for failing to stop the pay-for-injury bounty pool run by his defensive staff.
Q 19The 2012 'Fail Mary' game, decided by replacement officials, was won by the Seahawks over which team?
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers: Golden Tate and Green Bay's M.D. Jennings both grabbed Russell Wilson's last-play heave, two officials signalled differently, and Seattle won 14-12; the referee lockout ended two days later.
Q 20Which Jets quarterback ran into his own lineman's backside in the 2012 'Butt Fumble'?
Mark Sanchez
Mark Sanchez: he slammed into guard Brandon Moore's backside, fumbled, and Steve Gregory returned it for a touchdown during a 52-second Patriots scoring burst on Thanksgiving night 2012.
Matt Prater: his 64-yarder on the last play of the first half against Tennessee on December 8, 2013 broke Tom Dempsey's 63-yard record from 1970; Justin Tucker kicked 66 in 2021.
Q 24Tim Tebow's 2011 Broncos beat the Steelers on an 80-yard overtime touchdown pass to whom?
Demaryius Thomas
Demaryius Thomas: on the first play of overtime he caught a Tebow slant and stiff-armed Ike Taylor on the way to an 80-yard score for a 29-23 win.
Q 25How many rushing yards did Adrian Peterson finish with in 2012, nine short of Eric Dickerson's record?
2,097
2,097: Peterson ran for 2,097 yards, finishing nine short of Eric Dickerson's 2,105, barely a year after tearing his ACL and MCL, and was named 2012 MVP.
Q 26How many receiving yards did Calvin Johnson post in 2012 to set the single-season record?
1,964
1,964: Johnson's 1,964 receiving yards in 2012 passed Jerry Rice's 1,848 from 1995; he had just beaten Cam Newton in the fan vote for the Madden 13 cover.
Q 27How many touchdown passes did Peyton Manning throw in his record 2013 season with Denver?
55
55: Manning's 55 touchdown passes in 2013 broke the previous record of 50 set in 2007, and he set the yardage record with 5,477 before losing Super Bowl XLVIII to Seattle.
Q 28Which 49ers quarterback began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality?
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick: he first sat, then knelt, during the anthem in the 2016 preseason, never played another NFL game after that season, and settled a collusion grievance with the league in 2019.
Q 29Which Colts quarterback shocked the league by retiring at 29, two weeks before the 2019 season?
Andrew Luck
Andrew Luck: the 2018 Comeback Player of the Year announced his retirement on August 24, 2019, citing an endless cycle of injury, pain and rehab, and was booed by the home crowd as he left the field.
Q 30Which team left St. Louis and returned to Los Angeles for the 2016 season?
The Rams
The Rams: they played in Los Angeles from 1946 to 1994 before two decades in St. Louis; San Diego's team followed them to Los Angeles a year later.